one month in New Zealand
15. Auckland, North Island: 11-26 April 2013
16. Christchurch, South Island: 26-30 April
17. Oamaru, South Island: 30 April – 3 May
18. Invercargill, South Island: 3-6 May
19. Dunedin, South Island: 6-8 May
20. Arrowtown, South Island: 8-11 May
21. Wellington, North Island: 11-12 May
22. Ohakune, North Island: 12-14 May
23. Tauranga, North Island: 14-15 May 2013

I’ll continue blogging during our travels, and posting on Facebook, flickr, Pinterest, and all that. Feel free to comment here, or email me at satsumabug at gmail dot com, with your thoughts and recommendations. See you somewhere in the world (virtual or otherwise)!

Hi Patricia, thank you for visiting! It’s an amazing dream for me too — I still can’t believe we’re doing this; I never thought I would. We’re very lucky because we can both work from home, especially my husband whose work finances most of this. He’s in software so he just needs his computer and a good wifi connection.

No worries! 🙂 There are actually quite a lot of other round-the-world bloggers out there and it’s interesting to see how different people are financing their travels. I’ve seen some people get sponsorship, others seem to fly by the seat of their pants, and some have savings and/or pick up freelance jobs along the way.

I was looking for information about an Aspava tag I photographed in Istanbul and landed on your blog. What an adventure! I see that your next stop is Singapore (where I’m from). I hope that you’re planning to eat at least once at a hawker centre (avoid the one at Newton and go for Maxwell or Bedok North block 85 instead). I hear that the views from the top of the Marina Bay Sands building is quite impressive (I left Singapore when it was still under construction) and I hope that you like spicy food!

Thank you so much for visiting and taking the time to comment! Ahhh, thanks for the tips on the hawker centres. We’re staying in Newton so it’s good to know you think we should skip that one. I am not great with spicy food but my husband loves it, so we should balance out! 🙂

Exactly!
Seeing that you have more than a week in Singapore, I’m sure you’ll have the chance to visit hawker centres besides the one in Newton (which by the way, is alright but full of touts, mostly trying to see you expensive seafood). How I miss the spicy food in Singapore! There are many other local food that are not spicy, so not to worry. I hope that you’ll also get to try Peranakan food (Kim Choo’s Kitchen at East Coast Road is pretty good) as it’s a mix of Chinese and Malay regional cuisines.

Sounds delicious! Thank you so much! It’s funny, on our European travels last year I missed Asian food so much. This year, with Hawaii, Kyoto, and soon Singapore, we’re making up for everything we couldn’t eat before. 😉

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